In the Great Qin Dynasty, I, the Unruly Commander, begin by dual-cultivating with Yan Ling Ji.

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Having changed his clothes, Ying Ziqing sat at his desk, examining the letter from Qin urging him to return home to receive his title. A slight smile played on his lips.

"Was it an imperial decree issued by Ying Zheng, or was it deliberately arranged by someone? It seems that the matter of the Ghost Soldiers' Calamity should be brought to a close..."

In the general's mansion,

Ji Wuye leaned back in a huge chair, playing with a piece of Lantian jade the size of an egg in his hand.

He spoke casually:

"Mo Ya, what's the situation with the King of Han?"

Mo Ya planted his hand on the ground and said in a deep voice:

"These past few days, the King of Han has been drinking and making merry in the palace, staying in the inner palace, and has not attended court for several days."

Mo Ya then paused for a moment and continued:

"Your Majesty, however, the Prime Minister's residence has sent a letter."

With that, Mo Ya presented the unopened envelope with both hands.

Ji Wuye became interested and casually glanced at the letter after opening it.

Suddenly, his previously nonchalant expression turned gloomy.

Sensing something amiss, Mo Ya quickly lowered his head.

After Ji Wuye finished reading the letter, the angry expression on his face was almost impossible to suppress.

He ripped the envelope to shreds and roared:

"Where did this damned old man get his evidence! He's actually threatening me to return that batch of military pay, or he'll report it to the King of Han! I'm furious!"

The Lantian jade that he had been playing with was crushed into powder by the enraged Ji Wuye.

"Mo Ya, lead the Hundred Birds to kill Zhang Kaidi! That old thief cannot be allowed to live even a day longer!"

A hint of shock flashed in Mo Ya's eyes as he lowered his head.

Has Ji Wuye gone mad? He actually wants to kill Zhang Kaidi directly. If Zhang Kaidi dies, the fragile balance will be broken, and the State of Han will inevitably fall into great turmoil.

However, Mo Ya cannot offer any advice, otherwise Ji Wuye, burning with rage, might take it out on him.

Just as Mo Ya was about to gather the Hundred Birds Assassins, Ji Wuye stopped him again.

"Mo Ya, go and send that batch of military pay back. Tell them that I, the general, and my men found it in the mountains outside the city."

Ji Wuye's face showed a hint of fatigue. After all, he was a general who controlled half of the military power in Han. In the end, reason prevailed over emotion.

This time, it was Ji Wuye who suffered the defeat.

Just then, a bodyguard in armor rushed into the main hall.

There was a hint of urgency in his voice—

"General, all the soldiers over at the cave are dead, and Lord Qingniao didn't escape either. The 100,000 taels of military pay are also missing..."

puff--

Once again provoked, Ji Wuye finally couldn't hold back and spat out a mouthful of black blood.

He had been tending to the hidden injuries left by the villainous commander these days, but just now, in a fit of anger, he was overcome with rage.

Ji Wuye slumped into the chair, a deep unease rising in his heart.

First came Zhang Kai's coercion, then the military pay was robbed—each step was interconnected, and it all seemed too coincidental.

Thinking of this, Ji Wuye suddenly calmed down. After all, he was a general who had been in power in Han for more than ten years, so it was only natural that he would sense something unusual.

He initially thought it was Zhang Kaidi who had someone do it, but this didn't seem like something that old turtle Zhang Kaidi could do.

As a rival of more than a decade, Ji Wuye knew Zhang Kaidi all too well.

That guy was as steady as a rock, inherently suspicious and cowardly, and even more so, lacked the wisdom to devise such a plan.

So who could it be?

A terrifying figure wearing a scarlet mask suddenly appeared in Ji Wuye's mind, and Ji Wuye instinctively broke out in a cold sweat.

Could it be that terrifying guy?

His senses grew stronger; perhaps only that monster possessed such strength and strategy.

Ji Wuye recalled that night when he was dominated; it was the first time since he became the Great General that he had come so close to death.

He barely escaped with his life at the time, and Ji Wuye was worried that if he continued to investigate the whereabouts of the military pay, that monster would probably come after him again.

He gritted his teeth and said to Mo Ya:

“Go to Emerald Manor and have Tiger prepare 100,000 in military pay, and have him personally escort this pay to King Han.”

Mo Ya was stunned for a moment.

He then immediately cupped his hands and said, "Yes, General."

Then it transformed into a black crow and flew away.

Ji Wuye's eyes were filled with helplessness and resentment.

This back-and-forth cost him 200,000 gold coins, and Ji Wuye's heart was bleeding. This 200,000 gold coins was equivalent to almost half of the annual tax revenue of the Korean state.

Unable to vent his anger, he immediately decided to take it out on his several beautiful concubines.

On the other side, Mo Ya separated a crow from a flock of black crows and delivered the intelligence to the top floor of Zi Lan Xuan.

at dusk,

The jade tiger, dressed in a dazzling array of jewels, looked at the ten carriages filled with gold ingots with a look of reluctance in its eyes.

He waved his hand with his eyes closed.

The carriage, escorted by hundreds of elite Night Elf guards, drove into the night.

About ten miles outside Xinzheng City, on a mountain road.

Ten carriages moved silently forward in the night, surrounded by elite soldiers clad in armor and wielding long spears.

Just as the carriage was about to leave the valley entrance,

Suddenly, several chains were pulled up in front, causing the carriage to stop. At that moment, powerful crossbow bolts were fired down from the hillsides on both sides.

In an instant, hundreds of armored soldiers were killed or wounded; their sturdy armor could not prevent arrows from piercing their flesh.

Just as the Nightfall soldiers were in complete disarray, nearly a hundred figures dressed in black robes and straw hats, wearing bronze masks, rushed down, their swords gleaming with a sharp and chilling light.

Amidst the shouts of battle, the screams of Nightfall soldiers could be heard intermittently. Faced with the fangs bared by the unruly men, these so-called elites seemed rather inadequate.

The situation on the battlefield was almost one-sided.

Earthly Star Tu Su did not enter the battlefield to fight, but stood on a high ground to overlook the whole situation, while more than ten Bad People behind him were responsible for killing those who tried to escape.

After an incense stick has burned,

The battlefield fell silent. All of these hundreds of Nightfall elites perished here, their blood almost staining the land red.

On the other hand, only a few members of the Bad Guys were injured, and none of them died.

Then the 100,000 gold ingots in the carriage were transferred by the scoundrels to a carriage they had prepared beforehand.

After cleaning up the traces, they quietly left, leaving behind only a mess in the valley, with corpses strewn everywhere.

the next morning,

When Ji Wuye woke up, he immediately received news that the military pay had been robbed again. Unable to bear it any longer, Ji Wuye spat out another mouthful of blood.

Overwhelmed by rage, his old injuries flared up again, and he collapsed back onto his bed. In one day, Ji Wuye was consumed by rage three times. Even a master at the late stage of the Innate Realm would find it unbearable.

Ji Wuye: *******

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Ying Ziqing, the instigator of all this, has temporarily left Xinzheng with Yan Lingji, Bago, Jing Xinmo and others, and embarked on the road back to Xianyang.

As for Wei Zhuang, Zi Nu, and Hei Bai Wu Chang, Ying Ziqing left them in Xinzheng to keep a close watch on any developments in the Han court.

The Ghost Soldier's Calamity has come to an end. The protagonist will be back soon! The Korean arc is only halfway through, so please look forward to it! There will also be an extra chapter today.

Today's character is Jiang Chen's wife~ Guess when she'll appear.